I love making things that you normally buy in a box, at home. Especially when it’s as easy to make as this Homemade Bisquick Mix. I don’t make fresh biscuits nearly as often as I crave them, for one reason only. I’m lazy.
Bread isn’t a nutritional requirement when planning my evening meals so it’s often left out of the equation. Not, that I don’t love it. It’s just that when the clock strikes five I want to be done with my day and only do the work that is required of me.
That ‘s the great thing about this mix. You whip it up one day, keep it in the fridge and any time you want fresh biscuits you take a couple cups out, add some milk and bake it up. You can also use this mix for any recipe that calls for a bisquick/biscuit mix. No need to go to the store when you have this stashed away in your freezer.
Since we are a small family this recipe is enough to last us a while. But, it can be easily doubled or tripled depending on the amount your family will go through.
What are you favorite uses for Bisquick Mix?
Homemade Bisquick Mix
adapted from allrecipes
- 5 cups flour
- 1/4 cup baking powder
- 2 Tbsp. sugar
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 cup butter or margarine
- Mix together flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. Cut in butter until mixture is crumbly.
- Store in an airtight container for up to 6 weeks or in the freezer for longer storage.
Makes approx: 6 cups
To make Biscuits
Mix together 1/3 cup of milk for every 1 cup of mix. Drop onto un-greased cookie sheets and bake @ 450ºF for 10-12 min.
*Add any additional ingredients you wish such as cheese or herbs before adding the milk.
* 1 cup of mix will yield about 6 biscuits.
To make Pancakes:
Mix 2 cups of mix with 1 cup milk and 2 eggs. Cook on hot griddle.
*I have not made the pancakes myself but have heard rave reviews about using this mix for them.
*As with the biscuits you can add any flavouring or other ingredient you would like, such as chocolate chips or blueberries.
Update: I whipped up these pancakes over the weekend and they truly are delicious. My husband usually does not get overly excited about pancakes and he flipped (ha) over these. The taste and consistency is a cross between pancakes and french toast. Eggy, buttery and delicious! He has now requested that this be my pancake recipe from now on. I won’t complain about that. :)
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I’m with you – I love ‘homemade storebought mixes’. I wish I had a bigger freezer because I’d love to have room for a container of this.
I do this with pancake mix but have never thought about doing it with biscuits, or turning my pancake mix into biscuits…great idea. Do you think you could add in some items sweet items as well..like chocolate chips or berries?
I’m sure that would be very good.. more like a breakfast scone. Yum!
Thanks for sharing the recipe! I admit that I do use Bisquick mix quite often, just because it’s quick and easy– but this would be even better! I’ll be making some of this to store in my freezer!
i often wondered what ratio of ingredients went into a baking mix. this is useful information, cheri–thanks!
This is perfect! I needed this. I’ve never really used Bisquick, so I don’t have any favorite recipes using it. However, my cookbook has a recipe for a peach cobbler that uses this mix. I’ve never made the cobbler b/c I didn’t want to buy the mix. Thanks so much! Now I can make it!
Great photo!!
Ooo.. that sounds so good! You’ll have to let me know how it turns out. I just may have to give that a try!
Super idea! I don’t keep Bisquick in the house and really have wanted to throw together those wonderful drop cheesy biscuits The Teacher Cooks was describing in her blog. She uses Bisquick. I’m making a batch of this today!
Awesome! Those sound yummy. You’ll have to let us know how it goes. Feel free to post a link to the recipe so we can try it too. :D
This is such a great idea! I never buy mixes and such, so I’m all over homemade alternatives. :)
What fun! Best of all, if you feel like changing it up, you can just add a few herbs or a touch of sugar =D.
A great, simple recipe where you can control the ingredients. I’ve made similar with nuts added for a crustless fruit pie. Good results. I’d like to try your versatile plain version – so many uses.
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Ooo–I’ll have to try this out with a quiche recipe that I have–the crust is made with Bisquick! Thanks for sharing.
I make myself 2 small pancakes every day using 1/2 c. Bisquick, 1/4 c. milk, and 1 Tbsp. of egg whites to make 1/2 an egg, and I’ve been wishing I could make my own mix so I can control the quality of the ingredients. I will definitely be making this and comparing it to my Bisquick, the only thing I think could be changed would be to use lard or vegetable shortening instead of butter.
I promise to report back and let everyone know.
Thanks for sharing! The original recipe called for shortening but I always prefer to use butter so I changed the recipe as such. :) I look forward to hearing how it turns out with shortening and your recipe! :D
I like to buy frozen biscuits, can I make these up and freeze them before I bake them, so that all I have to do is line them on a cookie sheet to bake?
Thanks so much,
Terri
You can certainly try. What I would do is place them on a lightly floured piece of parchment paper on top of a cookie sheet. Place them in the freezer until frozen and then peel them off the parchment, throw them into a resealable plastic bag and then back into the freezer. That way you can remove as many biscuits as you like and bake them up. If you do give it a try, write back and let us know how it went!
Found your recipe this morning for Bisquick as I was CRAVING some good pancakes. These turned out so light and fluffy, perfect pancake and hit the spot!!
You have a new fan!
Great! So glad to hear it! ;)
Finally got a chance to try this with bisquick and homemade. There was a resounding call of “throw away the box!” My boyfriend said that the homemade mix had the flavor of pancakes he had always wanted with the light fluffiness of pre-made mixes.
Yay! So glad to here it. That is pretty much the exact same thing my husband said when I made them for him. The first pancakes that he actually gets excited about eating. :)
I Googled “Homemade bisquick recipe” and came to your site. I made this and the biscuits were delicious! I also made the strawberry jam recipe! Sooo good :)
So glad to hear that! :)
I’m trying to figure out how to make a homemade version of the Bisquick strawberry shortcakes – any suggestions?
I’ve never made it myself but this recipe looks good: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Simply-Sensational-Strawberry-Shortcake-2/Detail.aspx You could fill it with whatever you wanted. I hope that helps and let us know how it turns out! Such a good idea! :)